#Masks

soncharm

soncharm

I still haven’t read as much on it as I could’ve but there’s something really disturbing about the ‘CDC Recommends 2 Masks Now!’ media blitzJust for starters, it’s not at

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

ITALY one of only countries in Europe that has mandated face masks outdoors at ALL times. Only country with high excess deaths. In winter, Italians have the lowest levels of

Doug Saunders

DougSaunders

Isn’t the school solution, as done in many countries, to reopen them (with usual restrictions—15 per class, 2m, maybe 2 grades/day, maybe masks in classrooms) and then, if infection rates

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

A good article on masks. One key way they are believed to help is that lowering the dose that is inhaled lowers the severity of the disease. This could partly

Dr Nisreen Alwan 🌻

Dr2NisreenAlwan

Vaccinated people must not change their behaviour because we still don’t know if vaccines can stop spread of coronavirus. They must still distance & wear masks. This is for their

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

2020 may well be the end of the American century. Here's the reason to say all this now. Maybe, just maybe, we will get lucky because of some aspect of

Eric

IAmTheActualET

Tired of seeing the same flawed #COVID19 Kansas mask study being shared as proof of "masks working", so I used similar methods + the same dataset and tracked what happened

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

The word "lockdown" is really disturbing. San Francisco has essentially been locked down x 8 months. Testing is helpful but acknowledge limitations of each test. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (distance, masks, hand

Jacob Nelson

jnelz

As @azcentral has been reporting, coronavirus cases in Arizona are on a huge upward trend. Here is a story of what it’s like to try to get tested that suggests

William M Briggs

FamedCelebrity

A national mask mandate is asinine and wrong for the following reasons:1) It goes against all evidence on the effectiveness of masks. https://wmbriggs.com/post/32326/ 2) If masks worked, they would have worked.

Allen Ray

2CynicAl65

My favorite aunt passed away from COVID this morning. She followed every guideline, was locked away with my uncle in their assisted living townhouse, and wore masks constantly. They both

Jen Heemstra

jenheemstra

You’ve heard that it’s important to #WearAMask. That’s true – masks save lives. But, you might not have heard that some masks are better than others. And, new research shows

🌹Dogs4ZeroCOVID🐾

BernieDogs4

There are more images in the paper itself so you can see masks used. We all know how important masks are, but they can't be 100% (nothing is except staying

Tessa Davis

TessaRDavis

The pandemic has posed new challenges for deaf staff. Inability to lip read through masks, noisy environment, masks muffling sounds all pose new barriers. In our departments, it’s our job

Margot Sanger-Katz

sangerkatz

So you're getting a Covid vaccine soon. What's next? Here's a guide to post-vaccine life, from me, @clairecm and @KatherineJWu https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/upshot/after-vaccine-recommendations-experts.html The simplest way

Carissa Keshel

CarissaKeshel

This is utter TYRANNY! We played along with the "15 days to slow the spread." Nearly a year later we have realized they are using COVID as an excuse for

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